FerriticMatrix

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

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Herald of Steel

Lady Felicia left without giving Lapitus a chance to question her, just like Alexander had instructed.

Thus the man was left to deal with this hot potato of an intelligence as he saw fit.

And like Lady Felicia had predicted, over the next several hours, Lapitus agonized endlessly about it, pacing restlessly to and fro in his house as he was torn between his old and new oath.

Until finally lunch time came and Lapitus made the excuse of wanting to see his wife and daughter to visit the mansion.

And once the couple managed to find some time alone, Lapitus whispered pointedly to his wife,

"Why do you want to betray the Pasha?"

When Lapitus was thinking about betraying Alexander, this was the single query that had been haunting the man for the better part of the morning.

"I don't." And Lady Felicia hissed this surprising reply, pointing, "I only do not want the Pasha to win too easily."

Lapitus's Tribulations